[geeks] 4th Amendment Gone

[Mike Meredith]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:47:20 -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Wed, 31 Mar 2004 @ 17:18 +0000, Mike Meredith said:
> > Still at least they really will be the first up against the wall
> > come the revolution.
> 
> Of course they will, and you would think that history would teach them
> that, and that they'd be worried.

I suspect things would have to get a *lot* worse for a US revolution to
be successful. You need a good number of people on your side (and
prepared to commit high treason) to have any hope of winning.

> Of course, that's why many of them want us disarmed.

Well ropes are more fun anyway.

Legal guns are overrated for revolutions ... they may make it slightly
less inconvenient, but the most important thing is people. With a large
enough number of people on your side you should win; without you won't.
You don't necessarily need guns in a revolution (the Indians managed to
get rid of those 'orrible English without), but if you do need them
there's always ways of getting hold of them.